Psychology of Health and Fitness: Applications for Behavior Change

Name: Psychology of Health and Fitness: Applications for Behavior Change
SKU: INR-9780803628274
Price: 91.76 USD
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$91.76

SKU: INR-9780803628274 Category: All Books Tags: Medical, General, Psychological Aspects, Ingram, Health & Fitness, Allied Health Services, Exercise, Physical Fitness, Behavior Modification, Sports Medicine, Clinical Health Psychology, Health Attitudes

Description

Reviews the current theories of health psychology and the science that underlie them.
Explores today’s most common health problems as well as the lifestyle factors that influence their development, including exercise, nutrition, and stress management.
Demonstrates the application of psychology to clinical practice to achieve better outcomes.
- Health Psychology Case Studies illustrate real-world problems related to each chapter.
- Health Psychology @ Work profiles allied health professionals and how they use health psychology in their careers…from motivational interviewing to building psychosocial capacity for survivors of disasters.
- Integrative Medicine discusses alternative or complementary medicine options.
- Health Psychology on Campus highlights the relevance of health psychology for college students, including the effect of sleep deprivation on learning and memory, and techniques for stress and coping.
- What’s the Evidence? emphasizes the importance of evidence-based practice and how to use evidence to improve outcomes.